Irish Literary Times

Great news: Niamh MacCabe — whose debut story collection Four Night Seas is forthcoming from The Lilliput Press — has just joined Instagram. If you care about great Irish writing, please give her a follow: @niamhmacccabe.

cover of The Irish Buddhist

Published May 2020, which is why it went under the radar? Looks fascinating global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Not convinced by The Bride!? Try James Whale’s imperishable Bride of Frankenstein instead New film starring Jessie Buckley, a giant riff on Whale’s horror, might send audiences back to 1935 classic

I wrote a little about first encountering my favourite film. You hardly need to be told why.

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Oh boy, I remember those Friday night horror films. No one else in the family would watch them, which heightened the pleasure. Seminal really.

Great news: Niamh MacCabe — whose debut story collection Four Night Seas is forthcoming from The Lilliput Press — has just joined Instagram. If you care about great Irish writing, please give her a follow: @niamhmacccabe.

Congratulations. Kudos.

Oh, oh. After spending years in Washington State and eastern Canada, I can safely say I don’t miss the “whacking.” (Although the rain in the west can get a bit much too.)

Ahem.

Yikes.

Sending this back out into the world: Everything Is Going to Be All Right — Derek Mahon.

"There will be dying, there will be dying,
but there is no need to go into that.
The lines flow from the hand unbidden
and the hidden source is the watchful heart..."

Went to see a man about a lough this afternoon… very grateful to the Lough Neagh Partnership for taking the time to help me think through how to talk about the Lough’s current issues and hopes for the future. A really useful and inspiring afternoon. #FewAndFarBetween

President’s condemnation of Iran war ‘violations’ put pressure on Taoiseach before US trip Catherine Connolly said assaults on international law must be called out ‘without equivocation’

President’s condemnation of Iran war ‘violations’ put pressure on Taoiseach before US trip

Such great buildings and memories-spent a decade in MB (some up north and the rest out by the Whiteshell). Love Winnipeg.

Marking International Women’s Day, she said the violations of international law being witnessed are “shocking and numbing”,

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President Catherine Connolly has warned the catastrophic consequences of violating the UN Charter cannot be ignored.

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March 8, 2026 - Tehran at sunrise today. But the sun is hidden behind a sky filled with smoke. After a night of intensive strikes on oil facilities, thick black clouds now hang over the city, turning morning into something that feels like night.

What sitcom house would you want to move into?

Rising Damp would be a marked upgrade for the ILT.

Acclaimed author Rónán Hession to headline major writing masterclass in Derry The award-winning creator of Leonard and Hungry Paul joins the Irish Writers Centre to help local talent master the craft and business of publishing Best-selling author Rónán Hession will lead a high-level creative writing masterclass at Derry Central Library on September 12 2026. The event i ---

Acclaimed author Rónán Hession to headline major writing masterclass in Derry

Úna-Minh and her Mom, they are both wearing blue. Úna-Minh wears a suit and her mom wears a blue dress.

Happy #InternationalWomensDay! Here's the woman who has had the most impact on my life. My Mom!

As a single woman in small town rural Ireland, it was seen as strange to do anything out of the ordinary. But yet she did and travelled to Vietnam in 1991 to adopt meeeeeeeeeeee!

I love her immensely.

Wimmin’s playlist

Happy #IWD2026 I’ve been working on this kickass playlist, have a listen 🎶 Wimmin’s playlist open.spotify.com/playlist/0Gk...

Fair dues

Middle East conflict is 'assault on international law' President Catherine Connolly has described the situation in the Middle East as a "deliberate assault on international law".

"What we have witnessed...are not political disputes. They are deliberate assaults on international law, the international laws that have underpinned global peace for 80 years. We must name them as such, without euphemism and without equivocation."

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Sending this back out into the world: Everything Is Going to Be All Right — Derek Mahon.

"There will be dying, there will be dying,
but there is no need to go into that.
The lines flow from the hand unbidden
and the hidden source is the watchful heart..."

Looking peaceful

New poetry: ‘A masterful recreation of the surreal, terrifying world of night workers’ New collections from Gerry Smyth, Cathy Galvin, Catherine Ann Cullen and Matthew Rice

New poetry: ‘A masterful recreation of the surreal, terrifying world of night workers’

The Turn for Ithaca by Gerard Smyth; Ethnology: A Love Song for Connemara by Cathy Galvin; Storm Damage by Ann Cullen; Plastic by Matthew Rice
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He Wrote Judy Blume’s Life Story. She Won’t Talk About It.

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What happens on OneDrive Stays on OneDrive.

Books by Irish women I’ve read & loved this year - I know these are not the only ones I’ve loved - but they are the ones next to my desk! Such range & solidly ‘good’ writing - we are spoilt for choice with the quality. Happy International Women’s Day #IWD2026 #IrishWomen #APBOTY

Oh man, the great Townes!

“And she's got brains enough for two, which is the exact quantity the girl who marries you will need.”
― P.G. Wodehouse, Mostly Sally